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Money Apple Tree |
Have you ever bought an apple?
Money does grow on trees… it also grows on vines,
underground, in a nesting box and is commonly disguised as weeds along the side
of the road. Growing your own food is a little like printing your own money.
Keeping a garden and fruit trees is a better investment than having a lot of money
because food does not lose value due to inflation. An apple tree planted today
will produce enough apples for you to eat for the rest of your life. The tree only grows in value over time
because food prices will always rise. The same concept for planting and harvesting
can also be applied for accumulating monetary wealth.
Ecclesiastes 3
To every thing there
is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and
a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a
time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a
time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away
stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to
refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a
time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a
time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a
time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Save for the future
Wealth and vegetables can only be harvested during specific
times. Spring is the time for sowing and late-summer to early fall is a time of
reaping. During the winter very few plants grow, so it is important to have
saved enough for times when there are limited opportunities to harvest. Any
crop harvested from the garden can be frozen, dried or canned for times when it
is otherwise unavailable. It saves money to not have to purchase food outside
of season.
Diversify your
investment
If you plant a field of only tomatoes, you should expect to
reap only tomatoes. Not every year will be optimal conditions for every plant.
A wet summer mixed with blight will kill all of the tomatoes. I meet a lot of
young people who invest all of their future earnings in student loans and if
their life doesn’t go as planned, they are left without much fruit from their
labors. With growing your own food, it is better to grow a large variety of
vegetables, fruit trees and to have a few hens that will produce eggs even when
the weather is bad.
Plant trees whose
shade you’ll never sit under
Soil and water are limited resources. Without quality topsoil
and clean water, a plant will not grow. Soil has to be taken care of and
nutrients must be replenished periodically. Spreading healthy compost and
manure over a garden plot every year will give plants the best chance of
growing. Invest in the future generation by keeping chemicals out of the water.
Only when the last tree has died and the last
river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat
money. ~Cree Indian Proverb
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